Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δύσφατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσφατος δύσφατον

Structure: δυσφατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to speak, unutterable

Examples

  • πόθεν ἐπισσύτουσ θεοφόρουσ τ’ ἔχεισ ματαίουσ δύασ, τὰ δ’ ἐπίφοβα δυσφάτῳ κλαγγᾷ μελοτυπεῖσ ὁμοῦ τ’ ὀρθίοισ ἐν νόμοισ; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, antistrophe 64)

Synonyms

  1. hard to speak

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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